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Co‐occurrence of three species of Choricotyle (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) in the grunt Orthopristis ruber and their host‐specificity
Author(s) -
Bashirullah A. K. M.,
Rado N. E.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1987.tb05765.x
Subject(s) - monogenea , biology , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , gill
A total of 881 marine fish belonging to 11 species were examined for Choricotyle. Haemulon steindachneri was infected with C. reynoldsi (12%) and Orthopristis ruber with three species of Choricotyle: C. aspinachorda (40.6%), C. cynoscioni (15.2%) and C. reynoldsi (8.7%). Frequent co‐occurrences of two or three species in O. ruber were observed, but without any apparent sign of antagonism. Although Choricotyle was found in O. ruber (46%) and H. steindachneri (12%), no parasites were recovered from any of the 556 fish of the other nine species.